DAVID ALLAN COE
HUMAN EMOTIONS
(Columbia KC-35535)
December/1978
Produced by Billy Sherrill
Tommy Allsup, Reggie Young, Jimmy Capps, Phil Baugh, Wesley Taylor - guitar
Lloyd Green, Pete Drake, Dale Seigfreid - steel
Henry Strzelecki, Ron Bledsoe, Alan Hicks - bass
Kenny Malone, Jerry Carrigan, James Isbell - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Farrell Morris - percussion
Vocals:
The Nashville Edition, Janie Fricke, Pam Rose, Billy Sherrill
Recorded:
1978, Columbia Studio, Nashville
1978, Pete's Place, Nashville
[ Happy Side]
1.
WOULD YOU LAY WITH ME (IN A FIELD OF STONE)
(David A. Coe)
« © '74 Captive Music, BMI / Careers Music, BMI »
Would you lay with me in a field of stone
If my needs were strong would you lay with me
Should my lips grow dry would you wet them dear
In the midnight hour should my lips grow dry
Would you go away to another land walk a thousand miles through the burning sand
Wipe the blood away from my dying hand if I give myself to you
(Will you bathe with me in the stream of life
When the moon is full will you bathe with me
Will you love me now when I'm down and out in my time of trials will you stand by me
Would you go away to another land) walk a thousand miles through the burning sand
Wipe the blood away from my dying hand (if I give myself to you)
Would you lay with me in a field of stone
If my needs were strong would you lay with me
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2.
IF THIS IS JUST A GAME
(David A. Coe)
« © '78 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
If I give my love to you girl will I get love in return
Or will I just get a fire for as long as it will burn
I'm not looking for a lover I don't even want a friend
I want this to last forever and forever never ends
Don't tell me lies or hypnotize me with your eyes while saying that you need me
If it's just a one night stand I'd rather turn around and walk away
Don't hold me in your arms and run your fingers through my hair if you don't love me
If this is just a game well honey I don't think I really care to play
I've trusted you before babe and you always let me down
I came back to you believing I was more than just your clawn
You say it's been different this time your love is real
Honey don't make me believe you if that ain't the way you feel
Don't tell me lies or hypnotize me...
Don't tell me lies or hypnotize me...
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3.
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
(David A. Coe)
« © '78 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
You can count on me girl you can count on me
I won't ever let you down you can count on me
You say you want a working man to bring the money home
Someone to be good to you and never do you wrong
A man that wants to settle down and put his feet on solid ground
You want a love that's safe and sound you can count on me
You can count on me girl...
You say you're looking for a man to be there when you call
Someone who will stand by you and never let you fall
A man that you can call your own a man that you can trust alone
To love you when your children's grown you can count on me
You can count on me girl...
You can count on me girl...
You can count on me girl...
You can count on me girl...
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4.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER QUEEN
(David A. Coe)
« © '78 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
Hey California you don't know me New York City you can't show me
Anything I haven't seen at least a hundred times before
I still love you New Orleans Mississippi river queen
Cause when it comes to lovin' you beat all I've ever seen
And I've seen a lot of ladies in my time I've had me a few women that were fine
Ah but I don't need no city woman messin' with my mind
So goodbye San Francisco girl I'm leavin' you behind
Hey California you don't know me...
And I've had some senoritas down in Mexico I met a few potatoes up in Idaho
I've had peaches down in Georgia and that San Antonio Rose
If the good Lord made any better than you he's the only one who knows
Hey California you don't know me...
Hey California you don't know me...
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5.
TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY
(David A. Coe)
« © '78 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
Yes the roof would leak and the bed should squeak
And the rent is due in just two more weeks
But now I just wanna go back to sleep tomorrow's another day
Tomorrow's another day yeah now I just wanna go back to sleep
Tomorrow's another day
Oh the palm trees sway to and fro I think I'll just sit and watch the coconuts grow
It's hard to get high when your feelin' so low and tomorrow's another day
Tomorrow's another day yeah it's hard to get high when your feelin' so low
Well tomorrow's another day
Well the mainsail broke on my fishin' boat and it's almost time for my rum and coke
I'll fix it as soon as I take a smoke tomorrow's another day yeah
Tomorrow's another day yeah I'll fix it as soon as I take a smoke
Tomorrow's another day
So you go at night with your lantern bright
And you sit on the bridge and you get half tight
Ah tonight you can't get the fish to bite but tomorrow's another day yeah yeah
Tomorrow's another day yeah tonight you can't get the fish to bite
Tomorrow's another day
Yes the roof would leak...
Tomorrow's another day you know what I mean son I want to go fishing and swimming
Looking at the pretty girls on the beaches son I don't wanna do no work
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[ Su-i-Side]
6.
HUMAN EMOTIONS
(David A. Coe)
« © '78 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
Lonesome crying heartaches that's human emotions
I never knew Lord till she went away
Begging pleading forgiveness that's human emotions
There's nothing as lonesome as hearing her say
She don't mean to hurt me she just wants her freedom
Revenge ain't worth havin' when it comes so slow
I've hurt her too much now for her to get even
Even if leavin' means no place to go
She packed up her suitcase along with the baby's
But she left her paintings they hang on the wall
It's her way of telling me just what I'll be missin'
Missing her's somethin' I hate most of all
Lonesome crying...
[ guitar ]
That's human emotions
There's nothing as lonesome as hearing her say
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7.
SHE FINALLY CROSSED OVER LOVE'S CHEATING LINE
(David A. Coe)
« © '78 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
Yep she finally crossed over love's cheating line
If she meant to hurt me she's done it this time
My best friend has loved her right out of my mind
She's finally crossed over love's cheating line
Yep she's finally crossed over love's cheating line
It's hard to imagine Lord that I've been so blind
Well nobody could have told me that she was that kind
She's finally crossed over love's cheating line
Now listen to me girl it's true that I left her I left her alone
And some folks will tell you I done her wrong
And I see the pity from all of my friends
It's hard to believe Lord the way true love ends
Well she finally crossed over love's cheating line
I guess I should have noticed Lord those old danger signs
Yeah this bottle's gonna help me yeah to get her off of my mind
She's finally crossed over love's cheating line
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8.
WHISKEY AND WOMEN
(David A. Coe)
« © '78 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
I've got this weakness for whiskey and women it's somethin' I just can't control
I've tried hard to shake it without any luck it keeps burnin' deep in my soul
I thought you could change things and while you were with me
I never loved no one but you
But it's gonna take more than whiskey and women
To make me forget that we're through
Baby sometimes at night when I reach out to touch you I wake up chilled to the bone
Thereare so many things I can't get used to specially bein' alone
I built my whole world around you and now that you're gone I don't know what to do
But it's gonna take more than whiskey and women
To make me forget that we're through
I found me a woman to lay down beside me she offered her body and soul
And I took them hoping for some silly reason she'd help me regain self control
I left like a thief in the night when the first light of dawn turned the grey skies to blue
I sobered up knowing she'd never be able to make me forget that we're through
Baby sometimes at night...
Yes it's gonna take more than whiskey and women to make me forget
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9.
JACK DANIELS IF YOU PLEASE
(David A. Coe)
« © '78 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
Jack Daniels if you please knock me to my knees
You're the only friend there has ever been that didn't do me wrong
Jack Daniels if you please knock me to my knees
You can kill this pain that's drivin' me insane since my baby's gone
Cigarettes and whiskey calm my shaking hand I just lost a lover to a one night stand
Something temporary too late I had to learn
It wasn't meant to last I lost her to the past a bridge she couldn't burn
Jack Daniels if you please...
Promises were broken dreams were left to die
Empty words were spoken tears were in our eyes
Something temporary those tears will fade away
Do the best you can to help me understand these games that people play
Jack Daniels if you please...
You can kill this pain that's drivin' me insane since my baby's gone
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10.
SUICIDE
(David A. Coe)
« © '78 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
Yeah yeah standin' in the bedroom with a gun in my hand
Pullin' on the trigger just as fast as I can
I can hear her scream as she reaches for the lover beside her
Married by the Bible she was only sixteen
I was fresh from prison tryin' to follow my dream
Who'd ever thought I'd be the judge and they jury that tried her
Blood splattered all over the wall the gun still smokin' as I watch it fall
I run through the door while the sirens blow out on the highway
Maybe they'll catch me and maybe they won't
They want to know me but they nearly don't
It really doesn't matter I just had to do things my way
Yeah yeah I might just commit suicide
[ guitar ]
Yeah yeah he's the only man that I trusted with my life
I can't understand why he ran off with my wife
Now that they're dead what's gonna happen to the baby
The state will have to raise her just the way they did me
Her mother wanted freedom and I just set her free
She could have never let me see that she was no longer a lady
She called out my name just before she died
She swore she loved me and I almost cried
With tremblin' hands I reached out and tried to save her
Cheatin' is somethin' I can understand
But not when it's cheatin' with my best friend
She betrayed the love and the trust and the baby I gave her
Yeah yeah I might just commit suicide
[ guitar ]
Yeah yeah
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